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The Battle For Archie
The New York Times has a piece about the nasty in-fighting between the two families who own control the Archie Comics universe, which …
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Bill Plympton Animates “The Simpsons” Opening
Quintessential New York indie animator Bill Plympton animated tonight’s opening of The Simpsons. If you saw the piece, share your …
“Perpetual Motion” by Béla Vajda
Moto Perpetuo (Perpetual Motion) by Béla Vajda (1935-2011) is a Hungarian short that won the Palme d’Or at the 1981 Cannes Film …
Let’s Look Inside Mel Blanc
What’s better than seeing the bodies of a bunch of voice actors? Seeing the insides of a voice actor. Reader Jeaux Janovsky found this …
EXCLUSIVE: Interview With The Artists Who Demand Better Working Conditions At Sony Pictures Imageworks
Labor violations in the visual effects industry are nothing new; they have simply become more public thanks to a vocal online community …
J. B. Kaufman’s “Snow White” Books and a Disney Sketchbook
This is turning out to be quite the year for historical Disney animation books. We’ve already announced Pete Docter’s Nine Old Men …
A Documentary About Voice Actors
This is the trailer for I Know That Voice, an upcoming documentary about voice actors. The trailer unfortunately makes the film look …
A Storyboard Chandelier and Dining Amidst Background Art
I haven’t pinpointed what it is exactly about Disney World’s Art of Animation resort that simultaneously fascinates and annoys me. …
This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 1971
The documentary above offers a fascinating look at the Key Frame animation system designed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk at the …
GIVEAWAY: UPA Jolly Frolics DVD sets
CONTEST IS CLOSED! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. I’ve got two copies to give away of TCM’s 3-dvd UPA Jolly Frolics set. It’s …
Thomas Kinkade, RIP
The self-proclaimed painter of light, Thomas Kinkade, died unexpectedly on Friday at the age of 54. Before becoming a fine artist, …
“Easter Eggs” by Oli Putland
Just in time for Easter, Oli Putland’s cute stop motion egg-stravaganza Easter Eggs. The film was shot using an iPad 2 and iPhone 4 …
Eye Candy From The UPA “Jolly Frolics” DVDs
I watched all the UPA theatrical shorts back when I was writing Cartoon Modern, but seeing them restored on TCM’s new 3-DVD “Jolly …
Welcome to the Gold Rush of Internet Animation Channels
In last week’s post about Butch Hartman’s animation channel, I wrote that, “The word of the year for Internet content is CHANNELS.” The …
The Premiere Episode of Butch Hartman’s YooToon Channel
Last week, I wrote about YooToon, a new Internet animation channel created by Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman. The premiere …
Animating a 400-Year-Old Painting in Maya
Many artists have animated famous paintings before, but the husband-and-wife artistic team Rob and Nick Carter have taken it to a whole …
Historical Animated GIFs by Kevin J. Weir
VCU Brandcenter student Kevin J. Weir finds public domain images on the Library of Congress Flickr stream and turns them into …
Pre-Order “Full Steam Ahead!,” the Ward Kimball Biography
April 2, 1934. Seventy-eight years ago to the day, a twenty-year-old kid started working at Walt Disney Productions. His name was Ward …
Quay Brothers Retrospective Coming to MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York continues to be one of the most animation friendly museums in the US. This week they announced an …
Animated Fragments #19
Goodbye by Flavio Santana (Brazil): This piece was the winner of February’s edition of the 11 Second Club. Test by Josh Parpan …
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